Milton Margai

Milton Margai (7 December 1895-28 April 1964) was Prime Minister of Sierra Leone from 27 April 1961 to 28 April 1964, preceding Albert Margai.

Biography
Milton Margai was born on 7 December 1895 in Gbangbatoke, Sierra Leone to Protestant Mende parents. In 1926, he went to medical school in England, and in 1928 he returned home before enjoying an exceptional career in the Colonial Medical Service. In 1949, Margai founded the nationalist Sierra Leone People's Party to fight for Sierra Leonean independence, although he was pro-British and a conservative. A man of honesty and principle, he peacefully won Sierra Leone's independence in 1961, serving as its first Prime Minister until his death in 1964. His brother Albert Margai succeeded him.